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The QC, Vol. 84, No. 10 • November 6, 1997

1997_11_06_001

WHITTIER
uaker
November 6,1997
COLLEGE
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■ School Spirits
Dia de los Muertos, held
r 5 ;,to J last Saturday night,
| celebrated the deceased
'" through art and music.
SPORTS
■ End Game
Women's soccer
loses their last game
of the season to
CMS, finishing with
a 11-17-1 overall
record.
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The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914
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OPINION TOPIC
Nix Lies on Audiotape.
Now that Newsweek has transcribed
some long-unreleased tapes of Richard
Nixon, what do students think about
our most famous alumnus?
CAMP IKS
■ A Wild and
Crazy Geiger
Professor of
English William
Geiger is as funny
as he is brilliant.
Damage In Stauffer Continues
■ ON CAMPUS
by Carlos Estrada
QCAsst. News Editor
Vandalism continues to be a
problem in Stauffer Hall this year,
where the average weekly damage
cost amounts to nearly $100.
"About every other weekend something will come up," said Tricia
Wells, Area Coordinator for Ward-
man and Stauffer. "But there is no
significant pattern to the occurrences."
The vandalism reported on
weekends ranges from diplaced furniture to broken fixtures and graffiti. Each incident costs between
$15 and $100 to repair.
However, minor repairs can
add up to a large bill, as they did
this past weekend. Although there
was no single large act of vandalism reported, there was enough
damage between displaced furniture, vomit stains and a torn screen
to warrant a $65 maintenance bill.
"We had one particularly bad
weekend in the beginning of Octo-
berwhere we had about $330 worth
"Sometimes people forget that
this is their home and they
ought to treat it like they
would treat their house."
-Tricia Wells,
Area Coordinator for
Wardman and Stauffer Halls
of damage," Wells said. "But we
haven't had anything that bad
since."
The damage on that weekend
was due to electric exit signs that
were broken at the entrances. The
signs are required by law and had
to be replaced at the cost of almost
$ 100 each. "Someone just hit them
with a baseball bat or their arm,"
Wells said.
"More things get broken when
people have been out drinking and
the mess is generally bigger" Wells
said. "We want to lower the damage costs."
The Resident Advisors (R. A. 's)
of Stauffer have implemented various programs to combat the problem. After the last major damage
rampage, a meeting of the entire
residence hall was held to address
the problem.
"We can't eliminate everything
unless we put cameras in every
nook and cranny and have Big
Brother watch you," Wells said.
"But we can deal with issues as
they surface."
Last year the damage in
Stauffer was about as much as it is
this year, consisting of low priced
items being broken regularly. Wells
attributes this to the number of
people living in the building. However, almost as many students live
in Turner Hall, where there is practically no damage.
"When you have as many people as this dorm has, something
will be broken constantly," she said.
"If everyone breaks one thing just
once, at the end we'll have hundreds of things broken."
"Sometimes people forget that
this is their home and they ought to
treat it like they would treat their
house," Wells said. "A lot of times
people will just absent-mindedly
peel the paint off of the walls as
they talk. People just need to respect it a little more."
Students Disgruntled Over
Unannounced Power Outage
■ ON CAMPUS
by Greg Steele
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An electrical pole spraying sp. iviiies
Center Sunday night caused
power to be shut off sometime
between 6:00 and 6:30 a.m. on
Monday, Nov. 3. While the
College knew there would be a
temporary power outage, most
students were not told, causing alarm clock difficulties.
Director of Campus Facilities Dan Peterson stated that
Resident Advisors (R.A.s)
were notified to inform students of the blackout in an
effort to keep them from oversleeping. However, Area Colly Story—who
oversees the R.A.s in Harris
and \\ anberg ] iails— -believes
that her R.A.s weren't noti
fied. Stauffer/Ward man Area
Coordinator Tricia Wells confirms this.
Senior Johnson RA. Rolando (iorbca said that he was not
notified of the blackout ahead
.e said, he was
awakened by the fire alarm indicator at about 6:30 a.m. and
called Campus Safety to turn it
off
The power had to be shut off
for a technician to repair the pole
vHch- to «•• ■ ''sjto! 'troon
broke because it was dilapidated.
According to Lieutenant John
Lewis of Campus Safety, a resident advisor reported the damaged pole at 5:22 p.m. on Sunday,
Nov. 2. The Department of Water
and Power was contacted and
when they responded they noti-
; ;hat they were
not r ■ hie for that pole.
See POWER, page 4
Students Intend To File Suit In Ross Harassment Case
■ STUDENTS
by Liz Valsamis
QC News Editor
The three African-American
students that were misidentified
as armed robbery suspects in the
Ross Dress For Less store last
April are initiating a civil lawsuit
against the company.
■ Elections
The A.S.W.C. Student Body
Elections wii! beheld in ts--mt
■■-.i r;-,c Campus Inn from
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and
from 4:00 p.m. .
on 'i'*-.i!r>day and Friday,
Nov. 13 and 14.
Please set -. , 11 for
a special ( . sup
plement.
The students involved—juniors Karl Robinson, Derek Grant
and Tino Rimando—have consulted the Wilson and Beck Law
Office after a two month search
for an attorney. The office was
referred to them by the head of the
Whittier African-American Alumni Association, Cecil McGiln.
The three students were unable
to act sooner because they were not
near each other during summer.
"We talked about it [filing a
suit] a week after it happened, but
I was close to finals," Rimando
said. "The black alumni tried to
help us, but by the time they got
involved we were all in different
places. We just wanted to wait to
school started until we would make
any moves."
The trio met with their tentative lawyer, Rhonda Crowley, and
submitted to her letters to Ross,
Quaker Campus articles and the
35-minute-long dispatch tape.
"She went over all the information and she said she wants to go
farther. She doesn't suggest filing
suit immediately, because she is
Karl Robinson.
Tino Rimando.
Derek Grant.
Liza Gersiiman / QC Assl. Photo Editor
hoping to get something like this
settled out of court," Robinson said.
"Right now she suggests sending a
letter from Wilson and Beck to
Ross concerning the incident."
The group has been seeking
response from Ross since the occurrence; however, Ross has not
given an apology or satisfactory
explanation, according to Robinson. "We've given Ross the opportunity to explain and apologize. I feel firmly that the three of
us were discriminated against because of our race and [were placed
in] a potentially life-threatening
situation," Robinson said.
On that Thursday night, the
three entered the Ross in the Whittier Quad, made purchases and
upon exiting noticed that the area
had been surrounded by the members of the Whittier Police Department (W.P.D.).
Robinson and Rimando, having exited first, approached their
vehicle and at that moment the
officers drew their weapons.
Rimando saw the happening from
inside the store and rushed out to
be identified as the third armed
robbery suspect.
The three had been identified
by the acting store manager as three
African-American robbers who had
already held up six Ross stores.
She next notified the W.P.D. The
three were held for half an hour and
then released with an apology and
explanation from the W.P.D.
The W.P.D. recently held an
on-campus forum to discuss the
incident and to explain their procedures on dealing with the Whittier
community.
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WHITTIER
uaker
November 6,1997
COLLEGE
day and Friday,
Nov. 13 and 14.
Please set -. , 11 for
a special ( . sup
plement.
The students involved—juniors Karl Robinson, Derek Grant
and Tino Rimando—have consulted the Wilson and Beck Law
Office after a two month search
for an attorney. The office was
referred to them by the head of the
Whittier African-American Alumni Association, Cecil McGiln.
The three students were unable
to act sooner because they were not
near each other during summer.
"We talked about it [filing a
suit] a week after it happened, but
I was close to finals," Rimando
said. "The black alumni tried to
help us, but by the time they got
involved we were all in different
places. We just wanted to wait to
school started until we would make
any moves."
The trio met with their tentative lawyer, Rhonda Crowley, and
submitted to her letters to Ross,
Quaker Campus articles and the
35-minute-long dispatch tape.
"She went over all the information and she said she wants to go
farther. She doesn't suggest filing
suit immediately, because she is
Karl Robinson.
Tino Rimando.
Derek Grant.
Liza Gersiiman / QC Assl. Photo Editor
hoping to get something like this
settled out of court," Robinson said.
"Right now she suggests sending a
letter from Wilson and Beck to
Ross concerning the incident."
The group has been seeking
response from Ross since the occurrence; however, Ross has not
given an apology or satisfactory
explanation, according to Robinson. "We've given Ross the opportunity to explain and apologize. I feel firmly that the three of
us were discriminated against because of our race and [were placed
in] a potentially life-threatening
situation," Robinson said.
On that Thursday night, the
three entered the Ross in the Whittier Quad, made purchases and
upon exiting noticed that the area
had been surrounded by the members of the Whittier Police Department (W.P.D.).
Robinson and Rimando, having exited first, approached their
vehicle and at that moment the
officers drew their weapons.
Rimando saw the happening from
inside the store and rushed out to
be identified as the third armed
robbery suspect.
The three had been identified
by the acting store manager as three
African-American robbers who had
already held up six Ross stores.
She next notified the W.P.D. The
three were held for half an hour and
then released with an apology and
explanation from the W.P.D.
The W.P.D. recently held an
on-campus forum to discuss the
incident and to explain their procedures on dealing with the Whittier
community.
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